FTC proposal could let shoppers with card delay payments
The FTC urged a new rule making credit card issuers liable for product quality as stores are. Consumers could withhold payment until satisfaction with purchases, with notices to buyers about possible credit collection risks. The plan extends lender responsibility to related creditors like banks and financing firms. Public hearings are planned for March before the rule takes effect later this year.
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Food safety groups oppose nitrite nitrate ban in foods
Washington protests target the FDA stance to bar nitrite and nitrate use to prevent botulism, arguing heat and refrigeration can suffice. Consumers Union and allied groups call continued use indefensible, citing cancer concerns and past legal actions against agriculture department regulation.
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Margarine maker agrees to curb health claims
The FTC tentatively settles a deceptive advertising case with Standard Brands Inc over Fleischmann's Margarines. The firm promises not to claim the spread prevents or mitigates heart disease in future ads. General Foods not involved.
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California officials say Newcastle disease under control
California Agriculture Director Charles B. Christensen said the Newcastle disease epidemic, which has devastated poultry flocks in Southern California, may be under control though he cautioned against optimism. More than $26 million was spent and 14 million birds, about 10 percent of the state’s flocks, were destroyed in the efforts.
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